Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th August, 2020.

We, the Circuit Court Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of section 69 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , by virtue of the powers conferred on us by section 66 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 and section 70 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 , (as applied by section 48 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 ), section 27 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 , and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do hereby, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice and Equality, make the annexed Rules of Court.

Dated this 3rd day of March 2020.

I concur in the making of the above Rules of Court.

Dated this 27th day of July 2020

Helen McEntee

Minister for Justice and Equality

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules (Case Stated) 2020, shall come into operation on the 13th day of August 2020.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2020.

(3) The Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2020 as amended by these Rules may be cited as the Circuit Court Rules 2001 to 2020.

2. The Circuit Court Rules are amended by the substitution in Order 62 for rule 5 of the following rule:

“5. As soon as the Case Stated shall have been signed it shall be lodged with the County Registrar for transmission to the Court of Appeal.”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This rule rectifies Order 62 rule 5 by substituting “Court of Appeal” for “Supreme Court”.